Odd. I wonder where the "manned settlement on Mars" bit comes from. It sounds like he didn't say anything at this conference besides what we already know ("we're building a rocket in L.A."), so I wonder how the author got the Mars info. If he'd gotten Elon Musk's name correct, I'd be a little more confident of his sleuthing skills.

Still, a billionaire funding a Mars mission would be quite interesting. He must have something up his sleeve at SpaceX -- merely putting Pegasus out of business is unlikely to be an exciting or lucrative enough goal for Mr. Musk. So, I wonder what his true motives are?

Cheers,

Nathan.